A few errors committed in Ahhiwalia's books of account are given below. State which errors would affect the Trial Balance.
(a) Sales of `950 to Ram completely omitted from books of account
(b) Purchases of `720 from Shyam entered in the purchases journal as `700
(c) Purchases Journal is overcast by `1,000
(d) Sales returns journal is undercast by `200
(e) Amount paid to Agarwal wrongly posted to the debit to Mittal's account
(f) Bank overdraft shown under debit column in the Trial Balance
(g) Sales of `500 to Sadiq entered in sales journal as sales to Mushtaq
(h) Wages paid for installation of machinery debited to wages account

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